Yasmeen was notorious for being "different" at the time. She took to dressing all in black and things like that. This trait may have helped her to stand out. Hey, you do whatever works to succeed and whatever works for you.

Yasmeen Ghauri.

Yasmeen's success heralded a shift within the fashion industry to using more models who were not blond-haired and blue-eyed. It also ushered in more Canadian models. It was a seminal transitional moment in the entire industry.

Ghauri unexpectedly retired at the height of her fame when she withdrew from a Yves Saint Laurent show in 1996 at the last minute. She then started a family with her husband Ralph Bernstein and now has a daughter named Maia and a son named Victor.

Although gone from the fashion scene, she is hardly forgotten: the character Jasmine in the Jonathan Steele comics is modeled after directly Yasmeen Ghauri. Sergio Bonelli Editore created the comic strip until 2004.